AFRICA - UK organiser Montgomery claims to have created the first events to bring foreign companies to Libya since the fall of the Muammar Gaddafi regime.
The fourth editions of two international exhibitions on Libya’s infrastructure and oil and gas sectors, Infrastructure Libya 2012 and Oil and Gas Libya 2012, attracted 4,687 attendees during the four days of the event.
The event, opened by Libya’s Minister of Oil, Abdul-Rahman Ben Yazza, ran from 23 to 26 April 2012 at the Tripoli International Fairground.
Visitors included government and private sector planners, specifiers and procurement officials, engineers, specialist contractors, consultants and trading agents, all providing contacts necessary for the exhibiting companies to secure a part in Libya’s economic development programme.
In total, 197 exhibitors from 23 countries participated in the event including four national pavilions from Egypt, France, Netherlands and Turkey, as well as individual companies from Algeria, Canada, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Oman, Poland, Romania, South Africa, Sudan, Switzerland, UAE, USA and UK.
Commenting on the importance of the event, director of the Netherlands Council for Trade Promotion pavilion Akie Plomp said all 14 exhibitors were satisfied with their participation in the exhibitions.
“Although major tenders and projects are on hold pending the outcome of the coming elections, much interest was shown in Dutch products and services and many contacts were made which will certainly result in contracts in the near future,” he said.
Libyan organiser ATEX International Exhibitions has confirmed its international building and construction exhibition Libya Build will take place at the Tripoli International Fairground from 20 to 24 May 2012.
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